Hello,
This week brings 14 new and notable books. Also, if you love traveling almost as much as you love books, click here for information on John Shors Literary Tours.
Enjoy!
Davina Morgan-Witts, Editor
|
|
|
This Week's New and Notable Books
|
|
|
There are too many books published each week for you to read about them all, let alone read them all. So we do the legwork for you, scouring the publishers' catalogs and the pre-publication reviews to pick out what we believe to be among the best and most interesting. For more about our process, see “Picking Books” and “Rating Books”.
|
|
The Twilight Zone
by Nona Fernández
On sale Mar 16 from Graywolf Press
Genre: Novels. 192 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
An engrossing, incantatory novel about the legacy of historical crimes by the author of Space Invaders.
|
|
Three O'Clock in the Morning
by Gianrico Carofiglio
On sale Mar 16 from Harper Via
Genre: Novels. 192 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
A coming-of-age novel—a heady union of Before Sunrise and Beautiful Ruins—about a father and his teenage son who are forced to spend two sleepless nights exploring the city of Marseilles, a journey of unexpected adventure and profound discovery that helps them come to truly know each other.
|
|
Lolita in the Afterlife: On Beauty, Risk, and Reckoning with the Most Indelible and Shocking Novel of the Twentieth Century
by Jenny Minton Quigley
On sale Mar 16 from Vintage
Genre: Short Stories/Essays. 464 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
A vibrant collection of sharp and essential modern pieces on the perennially controversial Lolita, by a wide range of celebrated writers, edited by the daughter of Lolita's original publisher.
|
|
The Whispering House
by Elizabeth Brooks
On sale Mar 16 from Tin House Books
Genre: Mysteries. 388 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
It was like holding a couple of jigsaw pieces in my palm, knowing there was a whole picture to be made, if I could only find the rest.
|
|
Creatures of Passage
by Morowa Yejidé
On sale Mar 16 from Akashic Books
Genre: Thrillers. 304 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
With echoes of Toni Morrison's Beloved, Yejidé's novel explores a forgotten quadrant of Washington, DC, and the ghosts that haunt it.
|
|
Firekeeper's Daughter
by Angeline Boulley
Debut Author
On sale Mar 16 from Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
Genre: Thrillers (Young Adult). 496 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
In Firekeeper's Daughter, debut author Angeline Boulley crafts a groundbreaking YA thriller about a Native teen who must root out the corruption in her community, for readers of Angie Thomas and Tommy Orange.
|
|
A Queen of Gilded Horns
by Amanda Joy
On sale Mar 16 from G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Genre: Fantasy (Young Adult). 368 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
In this sequel to A River of Royal Blood, Eva and Isa must find a way to work together if they want to save their queendom in the thrilling conclusion to this royal fantasy duology.
|
|
The Seventh Raven
by David Elliott
On sale Mar 16 from Houghton Mifflin Books For Younger Readers
Genre: Fantasy (Young Adult). 192 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
Best-selling author David Elliott examines the timeless themes of balance, transformation, and restoration in this evocative tale about a girl who will stop at nothing to reverse a curse that turned her seven brothers into ravens.
|
|
Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America
by Kate Washington
Debut Author
On sale Mar 16 from Beacon Press
Genre: Memoir. 224 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
The story of one woman's struggle to care for her seriously ill husband--and a revealing look at the role unpaid family caregivers play in a society that fails to provide them with structural support.
|
|
Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight
by Julia Sweig
On sale Mar 16 from Random House
Genre: Biography. 560 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
A magisterial portrait of Lady Bird Johnson, and a major reevaluation of the profound yet underappreciated impact the First Lady's political instincts had on LBJ's presidency.
|
|
Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure
by Menachem Kaiser
Debut Author
On sale Mar 16 from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Genre: Memoir. 288 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
From a gifted young writer, the story of his quest to reclaim his family's apartment building in Poland - and of the astonishing entanglement with Nazi treasure hunters that follows.
|
|
Einstein's Fridge: How the Difference Between Hot and Cold Explains the Universe
by Paul Sen
Debut Author
On sale Mar 16 from Scribner
Genre: History, Science & Current Affairs. 320 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
An entertaining, eye-opening account of the extraordinary team of innovators who discovered the laws of thermodynamics essential to understanding the world today - from refrigeration and jet engines to calorie counting and global warming - for fans of How We Got to Now and A Short History of Nearly Everything.
|
|
In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
by Laurence Bergreen
On sale Mar 16 from Custom House
Genre: History, Science & Current Affairs. 464 pages
Critics' Opinion: 4/5
In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan, Columbus, and Marco Polo brings alive the singular life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, the pirate/explorer/admiral whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history.
|
|
New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation
by Thomas Dyja
On sale Mar 16 from Simon & Schuster
Genre: History, Science & Current Affairs. 544 pages
Critics' Opinion: 5/5
A lively, immersive history by an award-winning urbanist of New York City's transformation, and the lessons it offers for the city's future.
|
|
John Shors Literary Tours
As a book lover, the chances are that you enjoy traveling to new and exotic locations through books; and prior to the pandemic, you probably enjoyed traveling in person, which is why I am excited to tell you about John Shors Literary Tours.
You may well recognize John's name from his novels, many of which have been featured on BookBrowse and are bestsellers in the US and overseas (he's been translated into nearly thirty languages). Starting with Beneath a Marble Sky, which transports readers to 17th century Hindustan and the building of the Taj Mahal, to last year's My Midnight Sun (set in modern day Nepal), John brings exotic locations to vivid life by drawing upon many years of travel and research.
Now, John has combined his love of writing and travel to personally lead small groups (average size is just 10 people with two guides) on tours to the parts of the world he knows intimately... Continued
|
|
|
1-408-867-6500
1-800-745-5306
|
|
| | | | |
